So tonight, couple etiquette is on my mind. What do I mean by that? I mean how to act as a couple when you're around your single friend. I understand some of us simply are very much in love with our boyfriends, husbands, partners, but that doesn't mean we need to put that on display when our friend, who happens to be single, is visiting. For example, as a young single woman in New York City, it's very important to me to have other single girlfriends to hang out with. Just as couples often enjoy going out with couples or hosting dinners with their couple friends, single girls like going out with single girls. Who wants to be the 7th wheel anyways?

With that said, just be a little more thoughtful next time you're hanging out with your single friend. Try to hang out with her one on one, and not only with your boyfriend. Don't say things like, "Oh yea, let's get together next time Bobby's out of town." Really? Are you that desperate to cling onto your boyfriend 24/7 that you can't even make time for a girlfriend, until your boyfriend is otherwise disposed? It's not only rude and hurtful, but actually disrespectful to yourself as an independent woman. I'm not saying you need to be single to be strong. But you don't need to be clingy just because you're in love.